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From: d9mikael@dtek.chalmers.se (Mikael Wahlgren)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Latest OS/2 Version (THANKS/SUMMARY)
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Date: 28 Nov 90 14:17:51 GMT
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In article <OLENDER.90Nov27084629@sor.cs.colostate.edu> olender@cs.colostate.edu (Kurt Olender) writes:
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>I have IBM OS/2 1.2 SE.  I've seen lots of traffic on the net about OS/2 1.21,
>but have never had any announcement from IBM about upgrades.

IBM have never released an OS/2 version 1.21.  The version you refer to is
Microsoft OS/2 1.21.

>1. Should I just wait for OS/2 1.3?  I've heard various rumors that this was
>an 'OS/2 Light' for smaller memory machines.  Unfortunately, I don't know
>whether they have sacrificed some features to do this so that 1.21 and 1.3
>will coexist for different hardware configurations, or that they've just found
>a way to optimize memory usage, so that 1.3 will become the "standard" version
>until 2.0 arrives (whenever that is).

OS/2 1.3 will be more powerful than 1.2, and yet require less hardwarer.

Mikael Wahlgren